knabo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Knabe (which is now dated, but was still standard at the time of the creation of Esperanto), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *knabō, an alternative reconstruction of *knappō. Compare English knave, knape, German Knappe, Dutch knaap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈknabo]

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• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: kna‧bo

Noun

knabo (accusative singular knabon, plural knaboj, accusative plural knabojn)

1. boy
   • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio‎^[1]:

     La malgranda knabo estis en forta febro kaj malfacile bataladis pro spiro.

     The small boy had a high fever and with difficulty fought to breathe.

Hypernyms

• geknabo (“kid”)
• infano (“child”)

Hyponyms

• knabaĉo (“brat”)
• knabego (“big boy”)
• knabeto (“little boy”)

Coordinate terms

• knabino (“girl”)

Derived terms

• knaba (“boyish”)
• knabaĝo (“boyhood”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• chnabo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *knabō.

Noun

knabo m

1. boy

Declension

Declension of knabo (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	knabo	knabon, knabun
accusative	knabon, knabun	knabon, knabun
genitive	knaben, knabin	knabōno
dative	knaben, knabin	knabōm, knabōn

Related terms

• knappo

Descendants

• Middle High German: knabe
  • German: Knabe
    • → Esperanto: knabo
    • → Kashubian: knôp